MOBILE | Kaelyn Horn spent $8,000 on a TV. She’s spent thousands more on furniture and accessories to decorate her 35 rooms. She even bought a bowling alley. But, lucky for her mom, the 8-year-old ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover what's new and trendy online. This article is more than 4 years old. Webkinz, the stuffed plush toy that has come to life ...

Would you pay $7 for a bagel? I sure wouldn't, but my 7-year-old daughter regularly does. Or at least she's willing to shell out seven KinzCash bucks on a snack for one of her virtual pets in Webkinz ...

The Wonderful World of Webkinz: 2005-??? Born in the hazy, nostalgia-filled years of the early 2000s, Webkinz was nothing if not a product of its time. A 2D computer-based video game paired with a ...

The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Often, it’s kids. But sometimes, say the managers of The Wishing Well in Cherry Hill, N.J., parents are among the 20 to 40 ...

Kids who are battling cancer need friends. Girls from Bettendorf-based Girl Scout Troop 8797 are asking the Quad-City community to help them with donations of new Webkinz plush pets for pediatric ...

Many school-age kids have long since traded in their rocking horses and jump ropes for digital play. Commentator David Kushner describes why he thinks the Webkinz Web site is preparing children for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The children’s online site Webkinz is the focus of a complaint filed ...